Recent Public Safety News Articles

Campus operations will be limited tomorrow, Friday May 3rd. 

Per Academic Senate guidance on instruction, all in-person classes are authorized and required to pivot to remote Friday. 

Geffen Academy, Lab School and Early Care and Education will reopen Friday. 

Employees are encouraged to work remotely wherever possible and should consult with their supervisors. Events and research activities are encouraged to go remote or be rescheduled wherever possible. Please continue to avoid the Royce Quad area.  

The hospital and health system, other clinical operations, and housing and hospitality facilities remain open. UCLA Extension classes will continue as scheduled, except for classes scheduled to be held on the UCLA campus, which will either be moved to other locations or online.

We also encourage you to read today’s important message from Chancellor Block to our Bruin community. 

AVOID THE AREA of Dickson Plaza due police activity; Police have ordered an evacuation of Dickson Plaza due to an unlawful assembly. DO NOT re-enter the area of Dickson Plaza & follow the direction of public safety personnel.  UCLA has modified campus operations.

The University of California Los Angeles has declared the encampment and all unauthorized tents and structures in Dickson Plaza to be unlawful. The University requires that everyone must leave the encampment and adjacent areas, as well as all unauthorized structures and tents immediately, until further notice.

If you fail to leave and remain present in the encampment or unauthorized tents or structures in Dickson Plaza, regardless of your purpose for remaining, you will be in violation of the law and those who choose to remain could face sanctions. For students, those sanctions could include disciplinary measures such as interim suspension that, after proper due process through the student conduct process, could lead to dismissal. Faculty disciplinary actions would be handled through Senate judiciary committees and Academic Affairs and Personnel, and staff employee disciplinary actions would be handled through Human Resources.  Please leave the area immediately.

Campus operations will be limited tomorrow and Friday. Please continue to avoid campus and the Royce Quad area.

Per Academic Senate guidance on instruction, all in-person classes are authorized and required to pivot to remote tomorrow and Friday. 

Geffen Academy, Lab School and Early Care and Education are closed tomorrow and plans for Friday will be communicated. 

Employees are encouraged to work remotely wherever possible and should consult with their supervisors. Events and research activities are encouraged to go remote or be rescheduled wherever possible. 

The hospital and health system, other clinical operations, and housing and hospitality facilities remain open. UCLA Extension classes will continue as scheduled, except for classes scheduled to be held on the UCLA campus, which will either be moved to other locations or online.

We have a large law enforcement presence stationed throughout campus to help promote safety. Student Affairs will have essential staff on campus to support our students. 

Due to the distress caused by the violence that took place on Royce Quad late last night and early this morning, all classes are cancelled today.

The hospital and health system, the Luskin Conference Center, and PreK-12 schools remain open. Please avoid the Royce Quad area.

Royce Hall remains closed through Friday, and students should watch for notifications from their instructors with information about class locations when classes resume. Powell Library is also closed and is scheduled to reopen on Monday. We have law enforcement presence stationed throughout campus to help promote safety. Student Affairs will have essential staff on campus to support our students who have been impacted by this tragedy.

Access to Royce Hall is now closed through Friday. Alternate locations are being identified as options for classes taking place in Royce. Instructors will inform students about further information regarding class location. Faculty should reach out to their departments for possible classroom reassignments.

Powell Library will close at 5 p.m. today, Tuesday, and reopen on Monday. Other library spaces across campus remain open at their regular hours. Alternative study spaces are available via UCLA Library. 

Non-academic staff who usually work in these buildings should plan to work remotely.

Student affairs representatives, along with signage, are stationed near Royce Quad to let Bruins and visitors know about the encampment and closed buildings, redirect them if desired and serve as a resource for their needs. We have also enhanced security measures and increased the numbers of our safety team members on site, including our uniformed Student Affairs Mitigators (SAMs), Public Safety Aides (PSAs), CSC and law enforcement officers.

We remain committed to supporting the safety and wellbeing of Bruins, supporting the free expression rights of our community, and minimizing disruption to our teaching and learning mission.

Events and activities are being evaluated on a case-by-case basis and we are working to maintain our regular campus life as much as possible.  Event organizers will communicate with participants directly regarding changes, cancellations or alternative access accommodations.

We have enhanced security measures and increased the numbers of our safety team members on site, including our uniformed Student Affairs Mitigators (SAMs), Public Safety Aides (PSAs), CSC and campus security.

The access to Royce Quad is limited and as such, please enter Powell and Kaplan Hall from the south-facing entrances; Royce and Haines Hall are accessible through the north or west entrances.

We will continue to ensure people on campus know about the demonstration so they can avoid the area if they wish.  This includes having student affairs representatives stationed near Royce quad to let Bruins and visitors know about the encampment, redirect them if desired and to serve as a resource for their needs.

UCLA has a long history of peaceful protest and we are heartbroken to report that yesterday, some physical altercations broke out among demonstrators on Royce Quad.

We have since instituted additional security measures and increased the numbers of our safety team members on site, including our uniformed Student Affairs Mitigators (SAMs), Public Safety Aides (PSAs), CSC and campus security. 

As an institution of higher education, we stand firmly for the idea that even when we disagree, we must still engage respectfully and recognize one another’s humanity. We are dismayed that yesterday certain individuals instead chose to jeopardize the physical safety of the community.

Regular campus activities continue uninterrupted by the encampment demonstration that remains in Royce Quad. To date, the activity has been mostly peaceful. Our approach continues to be guided by several equally important principles: the need to support the safety and wellbeing of Bruins, the need to support the free expression rights of our community, and the need to minimize disruption to our teaching and learning mission. These same long-standing principles have allowed UCLA to uphold a history of peaceful protest.

- UCLA is following University of California systemwide policy guidance, which directs us not to request law enforcement involvement preemptively, and only if absolutely necessary to protect the physical safety of our campus community.

- We’ve taken several steps to help ensure people on campus know about the demonstration so they can avoid the area if they wish. This includes having student affairs representatives stationed near Royce quad to let Bruins and visitors know about the encampment, redirect them if desired and to serve as a resource for their needs.

- We also have safety teams who are wearing Student Affairs Mitigators (SAMs), Public Safety Aides (PSAs) and CSC security uniforms throughout the demonstration site. You may also hear helicopters dispatched by news media who are covering the demonstration.

Regular campus activities continue uninterrupted by the encampment demonstration that formed early Thursday, April 25, and remains in Royce Quad today. To date, the activity has been mostly peaceful.

The encampment demonstration that formed early yesterday morning (Thursday, April 25) remains in Royce Quad today. To date, the activity has been mostly peaceful.

A demonstration with encampments formed early this morning (Thursday, April 25) in Royce Quad. We’re actively monitoring this situation to support a safe and peaceful campus environment that respects our community’s right to free expression while minimizing disruption to our teaching and learning mission.